"Do you believe in spirits Malaki? Or ghosts for that matter?" Malaki heard Shadow say, as he was doing another sweep. Satisfied, he lowered the rifle and turned to Shadow. "I believe in spirits; more specifically when we die we go onto the afterlife. But no, I don't believe in the concept of ghosts. How would spirits of those that came before us be trapped down here on Earth? And to add on that, how would spirits be able to stay here on their own will? It's really confusing for me." Malaki said, rubbing his head and he tried to sit down, before noticing that Sky was asleep, no doubt recooperating from her wounds. "No offense to Sky; she got us out of a hairy situation and all, but I don't feel safe being in one place for too long knowing that Ibex is chasing after us. Yeah, we can stay here and collect our thoughts, but I feel like we should stay here no more than a few minutes, unless you have another trick to completely hide us away from them."

Malaki watched in absolute disbelief as a spirit in the shape of a fox ascended from Sky. At first, Malaki thought that she had died and was panicking, but now he was just awestruck by what Sky was able to do. Malaki watched Sky's spirit run off and he turned to Shadow. "I won't lie to you... that's awesome." But as quickly as his smile appeared, it disappeared and was replaced with fear. "But at the same time, incredibly sobering for me. One: I once again feel like I got the short end of the stick when it came to powers; Sky can do all that while I can only shout at people and only be able to fight people at night thanks to how my Lycanthropy works. Two: Imagine what else Ibex has unlocked through the years it lied beneath the radar. Oh god, could you imagine fighting a mutant if Ibex has been able to brainwash people? They would have super soldiers." Malaki bit his lip just thinking about the fight, knowing he would most likely be the first one to be killed.

"We need to find the other mutants. Lev in particular, but I need to make sure my sister is okay. So we will probably swing around close to the border of California before looking for Lev." Malaki nodded as he watched Shadow dig through a bag and pull out a red gem. "Is it red?" He asked Malaki. "Yes it's red." He responded, but Benny was showing up once again. "Great, just great. You've been paired up with a blind person and someone who can leave their body: that's TOTALLY safe to do. And also, you left behind your backpack like an absolute dumbass, so I would start thinking about who you're going to rob to get another backpack to hold your stuff, because clearly you aren't stuffing anything else in your pockets." Malaki simply squinted before looking up, knowing that Benny was completely right. "Uh... that sounds like a good plan Shadow. I'll leave you and Sky to it then." Malaki decided that he would kill some time by observing all of the little details that made up the rifle.